His mom made him stand near the street for bullying a classmate over an i-Pod. The poster board punishment was a surprise for Montavious Saturday morning, right down to the detail of a hat with the letter "d" on it for dumb.

Early tears turned to boredom. As mom worked, Montavious wore his public punishment. But the bell ringing was less than enthusiastic as Montavious thought about why he was out there.

"We got into an argument, and then that's when I robbed him," says Lewis.

"He's very embarrassed. And I told him, I said the way you feeling right now, I'm embarrassed, too," says Bertreice Dixon.

Around three in the afternoon, Dixon decided to move the punishment to Broadway so even more people could read the poster boards. People like retired principal Max Dearing thinks more parents need to do this. "I asked him a while ago if he thought this was gonna teach him a